"So this is your plan..." Palpatine's expression gradually turned ferocious. "The ten-year peace agreement was only a smokescreen. What you really wanted was to fully absorb Rendili StarDrive's industrial capacity?"
"The terms are right here, His Majesty the Emperor. What happens next depends on your decision..." Tang Xiao said with a cold smile.
"You think that even with Rendili StarDrive, you'll be able to contend with me?" Palpatine countered.
"How would we know without trying?" Tang Xiao stared straight into Palpatine's eyes. In the entire Milky Way Galaxy, there were definitely fewer than ten people capable of doing that. "Besides, that's a matter for ten years from now. Your current problem, on the other hand, will be a real disaster if you don't resolve it."
Though he said that, if the Rendili trade route remained closed, it would also be a major problem for the Duchy of Dawn. The difficulties on both sides were relative.
The blockade of the Rendili trade route was simply not something the current Duchy of Dawn had the ability to break. After all, this route ran from the Core Worlds all the way to the Outer Rim Territories. It was an enormous trade route. To reopen it would be equivalent to fighting a fleet all the way from the Outer Rim Territories to the Core Worlds!
And if this blockade was not broken, Rendili Planet's 600 billion inhabitants and Rendili StarDrive's more than 3,600 major space docks could only remain in the Core Worlds, surrounded by the Galactic Empire on all sides and unable to serve any purpose.
Even if the Rendili system was not captured, after a few years or a decade, those space docks would grow outdated and obsolete, and then they would truly become useless.
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